{"id":245302,"date":"2020-02-18T19:43:56","date_gmt":"2020-02-19T00:43:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=245302"},"modified":"2025-01-29T14:14:26","modified_gmt":"2025-01-29T19:14:26","slug":"phivolcs-notes-continuous-decline-in-taals-volcanic-activity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/02\/18\/phivolcs-notes-continuous-decline-in-taals-volcanic-activity\/","title":{"rendered":"Phivolcs notes continuous decline in Taal&#8217;s volcanic activity"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_243663\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-243663\" style=\"width: 3600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/aerial-e.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-243663\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/aerial-e.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3600\" height=\"2400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/aerial-e.jpg 3600w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/aerial-e-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/aerial-e-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/aerial-e-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3600px) 100vw, 3600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-243663\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE: Aerial shot of Taal Volcano on board a Philippine Air Force\u2019s (PAF) UH-1 Huey helicopter on Tuesday (Jan. 21, 2020) during the PAF and Joint Task Force-Taal aerial reconnaissance at Taal Volcano. (PNA photo by Joey O. Razon)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0&#8212;\u00a0For the third consecutive day, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology&#8217;s (Phivolcs) observed a decline in Taal Volcano&#8217;s activity.<\/p>\n<p>Taal Volcano has been under Alert Level 2 (decreased unrest) since February 14. Phivolcs earlier announced it would lower the volcano&#8217;s alert status to Level 1 should there be a continuous downtrend in monitored parameters after a sufficient observation period.<\/p>\n<p>Forty-one volcanic quakes were recorded for the past 24 hours, lower than the 65 volcanic quakes the previous day.<\/p>\n<p>Volcanic earthquakes are caused by movements or eruptions of magma from the volcano.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy accutane online <a href=\"http:\/\/nomaa.org\/images\/gif\/accutane.html\">http:\/\/nomaa.org\/images\/gif\/accutane.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Weak emission of plumes measured 50 to 100 meters tall, compared to 100 to 200 meters tall observed in the previous day.<\/p>\n<p>Due to weak plume activity, sulfur dioxide emission was &#8220;below instrumental detection&#8221;, compared to an average of 58 tonnes recorded the previous day.<\/p>\n<p>A weaker eruption is based on the height of the plume coming out of the crater.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy topamax online <a href=\"http:\/\/nomaa.org\/images\/gif\/topamax.html\">http:\/\/nomaa.org\/images\/gif\/topamax.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p> Volcanic plume is a column of hot volcanic ash and gas emitted into the atmosphere during an explosive volcanic eruption.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Phivolcs reiterated that entry into Taal Volcano Island, Taal\u2019s Permanent Danger Zone, is still strictly prohibited.<\/p>\n<p>People are advised to observe precautions due to ground displacement across fissures, frequent ashfall and minor earthquakes.<\/p>\n<p>A fissure is a linear volcanic vent through which lava erupts. The magma intrusion from below causes the fissures to form.<\/p>\n<p>Aviation authorities must advise pilots to avoid flying close to the volcano, as airborne ash and ballistic fragments from sudden explosions and wind-remobilized ash may pose hazards to aircraft, Phivolcs said.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy furosemide online <a href=\"http:\/\/nomaa.org\/images\/gif\/furosemide.html\">http:\/\/nomaa.org\/images\/gif\/furosemide.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0&#8212;\u00a0For the third consecutive day, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology&#8217;s (Phivolcs) observed a decline in Taal Volcano&#8217;s activity. &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":243663,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1145,16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-245302","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headline","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-ma-cristina-arayata","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245302","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=245302"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245302\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":286803,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245302\/revisions\/286803"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/243663"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=245302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=245302"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=245302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}